Terminal Information Prioritization Across Overlapping Radio Resources

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Solution Overview

Problem

In communication systems with dual connectivity supporting multiple radio access systems, conflicts arise when terminal devices use overlapping time domain resources for information transmission, leading to increased interference and decreased communication quality.

Innovation Solution

A method for a terminal device to determine and prioritize information transmission based on priority, either by predefined rules, parameters, or explicit indication, ensuring high-priority information is sent or received while resolving conflicts between different radio access systems.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If terminal devices use overlapping time domain resources for information transmission in different radio access systems, then radio resource utilization is improved, but interference increases and communication quality decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveradio resource utilizationVSAvoidinterference
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameter of resource allocation by introducing priority-based time domain resource scheduling. When conflicts are detected between first information in the first radio access system and second information in the second radio access system, the terminal device determines priorities and selects resources based on priority levels, thereby reducing interference while maintaining efficient resource utilization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamic resource selection by allowing the terminal device to adaptively choose between different time domain resources based on real-time priority assessments. The terminal device dynamically determines which information to transmit or receive on conflicting resources by evaluating priority relationships, enabling flexible and interference-minimized resource usage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If terminal devices use overlapping time domain resources for information transmission in different radio access systems, then system flexibility is improved, but communication quality decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem flexibilityVSAvoidcommunication quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces priority as a controlling parameter to manage the trade-off between flexibility and reliability. By assigning priorities to different types of information (first information in the first radio access system, second information in the second radio access system) and using these priorities to resolve resource conflicts, the system maintains flexibility in supporting multiple radio access systems while ensuring reliable communication through priority-based conflict resolution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Object-affected harmful factors

If the terminal device sends or receives only high-priority information during resource conflicts, then interference is reduced, but information transmission completeness may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveinterferenceVSAvoidinformation transmission completeness
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and prioritizes critical information by separating information into different priority levels. When resource conflicts occur, the terminal device identifies high-priority information that must be transmitted or received and selectively processes only that information on the conflicting resources, thereby reducing interference while ensuring that the most important information is not lost.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS12426076B2Information transmission method and apparatus
Publication Date: 2025.09.23 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

This application provides an information transmission method and apparatus, to resolve a problem of a conflict between resources used by a terminal device to send/receive information in different radio access systems, ensure successful transmission of information with a high priority, and improve communication quality. A terminal device determines information with a higher priority in first information associated with a first radio access system and second information associated with a second radio access system. Time domain resources associated with the first information and the second information are completely or partially the same. The first information is data information and the second information is synchronization information, or the first information is synchronization information and the second information is synchronization information. The terminal device sends or receives the information with the higher priority.